Linguistic talent in 1957: Chomsky’s Syntactic Structures · 497

Ear, grammar and other minds’ words — early windows for some skills, late paths for others. Linguistic talent is skill in learning, using and noticing language — sounds, grammar, meaning, style — in one language or many. Chomsky’s nativism, Vygotsky’s social speech, and Kató Lomb’s polyglot practice diaries are different theories of the same everyday miracle. Critical-period claims are stronger for phonology than for adult vocabulary.

This is not the writing-talent page and not a ranking of languages or peoples. Early talkers are a cue, not a caste. Linguistic talent mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits. Linguistic talent sits in the mind atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans. Adoption and meaning follow schools, clubs and labs as much as peak specs.

selection systems without group rankings. conservatories, gyms and classrooms. No population score rankings; no race hierarchies. Editorial scores help browsing; they are not certificates. Links, glossary and adjacent themes around Linguistic talent. Same atlas neighbourhood as Linguistic talent (mind).